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Consumer Products Industry Architect, Consumer Industry COC

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**Job Description**
IBM?s Consumer Industry Center of Competence (CoC) is a global team of consultants with deep industry expertise that wo...

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**Job Description**

IBM?s Consumer Industry Center of Competence (CoC) is a global team of consultants with deep industry expertise that works to accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM?s eminence in the Retail, Consumer Products (CP), and Fashion industries.

CoC consultants are part of the global Consumer Industry leadership team, and work face-to-face with clients to address their business, operations, and technology challenges as they reinvent themselves for the future.

We are seeking Consumer Products (CPG / FMCG) Industry Architects who are passionate about brand / technology innovation and who are dynamic out-of-the-box thinkers who can deliver results in a fast-paced business environment. Our industry architects convert business requirements into best-of-breed solutions (IBM and non-IBM products) and need strong executive presence and experience in sales, solution development, and delivery across multiple concurrent client engagements. In addition, industry architects are called on to develop innovative solutions that enable senior decision makers to maximize the strategic value of IBM and exploit disruptive technologies to address key industry challenges and opportunities.

We are specifically looking for architects with deep experience in one or more of the following solution areas:

+ Brand and Digital Marketing

+ Digital Asset Management and Content Management

+ Media Analytics (e.g. programmatic)

+ Digital Commerce (B2C and B2B)

+ Consumer, Customer, and Market Insights

+ ERP, Supply Chain and Manufacturing

+ Product Information Management and Product Lifecycle Management

+ Enterprise AI and Analytics

+ Hybrid-Cloud and Cloud-Native solutions and technologies

**Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:**

**Technical Leadership and Solution Development:** Working with clients to determine their overall business, operations, and technology objectives; defining their overall enterprise architecture; and leading the development of technical solutions and/or providing the technical guidance to drive the business / operational solutions.

**Sales and Proposal Management** : Establishing project vision and objectives with the client. assisting the proposal team in the development of client-specific solutions definition of project scope and approach; and preparing responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and/or Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and/or Statements of Work (SOWs).

**People Management** : Managing junior consultants as part of a client engagement and/or mentoring them to help in their career progression and development of industry / technical knowledge and skills.

**Relationship Management:** Developing and managing internal IBM and external / industry senior executive relationships; demonstrating an executive presence with the ability to establish credibility from the first meeting.

**Thought Leadership and Knowledge Management** : Developing and/or managing intellectual capital throughout client engagements and internal projects; developing and publishing industry and solution architecture and other related artifacts that can be leveraged across teams; actively participating and/or leading knowledge sharing activities; and establishing personal eminence, all both internally within IBM and externally in the industry.

IBM is actively seeking candidates in the New York City, Chicago, and/or San Francisco areas. IBM will additionally consider candidates in other cities, provided they have easy access to domestic and international airports.

This position will require frequent domestic and/or international travel.

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**

+ At least 12 years of IT experience, including at least 8 years building IT solutions for CPG / FMCG companies and/or leading teams to deliver CP solutions, including working with multi-billion-dollar global CP companies to architect and design transformational solutions.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.